Unknown bug eating my vegetables!

MikeIp

Hi

I have a raised vegetable patch and over the last few days a large number of my sprouting broccoli and sprout plants have been eaten.

I've managed to get a few photos of the small creatures which are causing the damage:



If anyone could let me know how I can deal with these little critters, I'd greatly appreciate it. I fear in a few more days I'll have nothing left.

Thanks

wild edges

Looks like a mealworm which is a darkling beetle larvae. Birds will hoover them up so either attract birds to the area or pick them off by hand and put them on the bird table.